7 Bidders for Chennai Metro Line-4’s Telecom Contract
7 firms on Tuesday submitted bids for the telecommunication contract (Package ASA05) for Chennai Metro’s 26.09 km Line-4 which will connect Light House – Poonamallee Bypass through 30 stations.
Chennai Metro Rail Ltd (CMRL) had invited tenders for this critical Chennai Metro Phase 2 system, financed by AIIB and ADB, in April 2022 with an unknown estimate and 2180 (5.97 year) deadline.
Bidders
- 3W Networks FZCO
- Bharat Electronics Ltd. (BEL)
- HFCL Ltd.
- KEC International Ltd.
- Larsen and Toubro Ltd. (L&T)
- ST Engineering Electronics Ltd.
- Tata Advanced Systems Ltd. (TAS)
Tender: CMRL/PH_II/SYS/C4-ASA05/2022
Brief Scope: Design, Manufacture, Supply, Installation, Testing and Commissioning of Telecommunication System for CMRL Phase II Corridor 4.
All 7 bids have now been sent for technical bid evaluation which can take a couple months to complete. When that is done, the financial bids of the technically qualified bidders will be opened to reveal who’s the lowest bidder and most likely supplier.
This telecom package is among the last few pending packages for Line-4 where all 5 civil packages are under construction with financial bids having been opened for major system contracts such as rolling stock and electrification. In fact I hear financial bids of 5 bidders for its E&M contract have also been opened. If someone has bid values, then leave a comment below or message me here.
A list of all Chennai Metro Phase 2 civil & system packages and their status can be viewed here.
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– TMRG
Any update on CMRL Sholinganallur to Sipcot tender? I see no updates on verall details as well. Also is there any updated diagram on CMRL phase 2 alignment (we heard, Instead CMBT the crossover happening in koyambedu station and so on)
I think that crossover in koyambedu might not happen.
TMRG,
Any idea on the following information on Koyambedu becoming big junction?
https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/koyambedu-to-be-the-next-big-junction-of-metro-rail/article65878883.ece
Hi, Sholinganallur – SIPCOT tender is still under technical evaluation. I don’t have any updated diagram.
Hi TMRG
I would like to give a suggestion that you add information about train frequency in peak and off peak hours for every metro in their respective info page. You can also add the opening and closing timings for them.
The frequency is the most important factor that determines whether the system is actually good and usable or not.
I was in Ahmedabad today and thought to check out the new metro. I was SHOCKED to know that the trains are running every 25 minutes!
That is ridiculous. How do you expect people to use the system and for it to be successful in any way?
Then I was SHOCKED AGAIN that the operational timings for the system are 9:00 AM to 8:00PM only 11 hours a day. It should atleast be 7am-10pm if not more.
I don’t know why this is the case but whatever it is I don’t see good readership for the system if this is how they plan to operate it.
I looked for other systems and other than delhi no one had proper information regarding train frequencies. I would say even for delhi green line train off peak hour frequency of 12 min is atrocious when compared to less than 3 min on some lines.
Good idea. I’m not quite sure what GMRC is up to. 25 minutes is atrocious, why even operate then?! Other smaller systems have a better grip on things.
Hey tmrg fyi tunnelling started at madhavaram purple line.
Cool. Just posted: https://themetrorailguy.com/2022/10/16/chennai-metro-phase-2s-1st-tbm-s96-starts-tunneling/
TMRG,
Any idea on the following information on Koyambedu becoming big junction?
https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/koyambedu-to-be-the-next-big-junction-of-metro-rail/article65878883.ece